Beijing police target rising Internet crime across 900,000 sites

Beijing police have detained more than 30,000 people in the past three years in crackdowns against Internet crime.

The Beijing Public Security Bureau has launched several campaigns since 2011, targeting online offenses, maintaining cyber security and cleaning up the Internet environment, according to a statement on Wednesday.

Last year, the police in the capital arrested more than 23,000 people on suspicion of Internet crimes, six times the number in 2011, the authority said.